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Best method to get Windows up and running again
This is a hypothetical question but say I had a problem with Windows store not working or edge not launching on my PC etc etc what is the best method to try and fix without draconian measures?
unfortunately sometimes Windows 10 feels like it's a ticking time bomb and given some of the horror stories I've seen regarding power shell and it's unpredictable results i am curious. The mentions of reset, repair, in place upgrade are a bit confusing.
if something went wrong I would want to try and restore functionality with as little requirement to go back and re install stuff as possible. I'd look to a measure that leaves user accounts intact and things like iTunes, steam, all my games, game clients, office 2016 all still installed and not removed. To lose all of that just to try and get the store or edge back and running seems too severe. It would take many, many hours perhaps days to get back to where I was. Especially would be nervous about iTunes which with its connection to iCloud music library would be disastrous to unsettle. I have my boot SSD drive and a larger secondary mechanical hard drive. All my software is installed across both locations although the steam library resides on the secondary given the colossal game install sizes we have nowadays.
of course I take an image now and then for full backup but I'm still curious of the fastest and main painless way to try a repair which leaves installed stuff alone.
cheers, Wayne
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